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Rivendell
Communities has a heart to reach the current culture in our city.

The Problem with church
coffee houses ?

Many churches, with good
intentions, try to have a coffee house in their church building. The
current culture has no interest in the institutional church and its
religious trappings. Getting the non-Christian people they wish to reach
into their church building is next to impossible. Even if the church
decides their coffee house will just be a Christian alternative to bars
and secular coffee houses for Christians, many Young Christians will not
come either.

Many young adults, even
Christian ones, see coffee houses inside of church buildings, ran by the
church, as lame and disingenuous. They think it won't be cool, and in a
lot of cases these pseudo-coffee houses are not cool. Even when the
coffee house is kinda cool, the religious building will keep the young
non-Christian, and Christian alike, out of them.

We wish to open a
coffee house in the VCU campus area.

- A coffee house that has
Church, so to speak, not a church that has a coffee house -

This would be venue driven.
Performing would be musical artists of all genres, Poets, Spoken Word
Performances, Plays, Dramas, Teachers, Est.

We wish to pull the talent from
the local Christian Church. Churches, Ministries and Individuals could
donate time, talent and finances.

The reason for the churches,
ministries and individuals to donate their time, talent and finances is to
try to keep the doors open , and hopefully the beverages and food free,
or at least for a low price.

One example of this might be: A
church might have a cutting-edge drama team that could perform. That
particular church could donate money to the coffee house. We would not
ask for donations from the audience. We would only mention that their is
a giving box to the side, if one wished to help out. No pleas or
manipulations to help keep us afloat.

If you are interested in
supporting this work please make a tax deductible donation below:

(All donations are used only for the establishing
of Rivendell Coffee House)